Friday Night Lights, Episode 15

Yes, that was the last FNL, maybe forever. The NBC Weasels aren’t behind the show, and there aren’t any more episodes left this season, and it would take some earth-shattering moves to re-start production this year. So we may never know:

If Quarterback Street will become a daddy, or just the best semi-quadriplegic car salesman in the world,

If Mopey Riggins finally will convince Little Miss Jesus Nutcase that he’s better for her than Christian DJ Boy, whose family could do a convincing ad for white bread,

If Peter Berg (the guy ultimately responsbile for both the FNL movie and the series, who portrayed Moe McArnold) has yet another cowboy hat (one probably got smashed in his little drunken/jealous rumble with Coach Taylor),

If The Leech will be so clingy to Smash when he’s at Whittmore U,

If either Landry or Saracen actually can play Guitar Hero and straighten out their love lives.

%@*&^)*%$@#&^$+*#~%^$#*!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s just too much to comprehend.

We’re rooting for Riggins, even if he keeps cutting off guests on his radio show with “cheers,” in his love pursuit. We needed a cold shower after Miss Jesus Nutcase’s lip-lock-followed-by-exit scene with Christian DJ Boy. Guess he didn’t want to try for second base with that deer head starting at him from the wall. But if she really wants to get away from Riggins, Princeton should be her choice for college. We doubt there are many openings for shaggy-haired fullbacks who go to school three days a week up there.

We’re rooting (if a little more quietly, thank you) for Coach Taylor, who awoke on a Sunday morning with reminders of both Jack Daniels and Mo McArnold. Mo was Coach’s Wife date at the homecoming dance and a Texas-ized version of most of the characters Berg plays (jerks) when he’s not giving us gifts like FNL.

We’re rooting for Smash, who finally made the right decision, and Smash’s Mama, who apparently can fry chicken by remote control.

We’re rooting for Quarterback Street, who knows a miracle when he sees one.

And we’re rooting for a miracle, that somehow there will be a Season 3, or at least a conclusion to Season 2.

%@*&^)*%$@#&^$+*#~%^$#*!!!!!!!!!!!!

Highlights

Coach Taylor’s man-to-man with Quarterback Street at Applebee’s had a line that most of us can relate to: “Everything I know about women, you could stick in this damn coffee cup.”

The scene where the coach at Whittmore U makes his pitch to Smash had a ring of truth to it, and Smash’s reaction seemed equally genuine.

And finally, Quarterback Street’s heartfelt plea to The Waitress — even if it’s the last FNL scene we’ll ever see — was heartfelt.

DVR moments

The home of Whittmore U football was Austin’s Nelson Field, which in the past has portrayed the exterior of the Panthers’ home field. Quarterback Street’s breakfast of choice is Hill Country Fare Apple Cinnamon Toasted Oats. (His roomie, Herc, we suspect, eats HCF Ground Glass for breakfast.) Smah’s fruitless begging with the coach from Alabama was at the practice field behind Texas School for the Deaf. And it was a big week for eating out: The Waitress still works at Tres Amigos. Coach Taylor and Quarterback Street have their heart-to-heart at Applebee’s. Coach Taylor and Moe are busting up the furniture at Carrabba’s Italian Grill. And Quarterback Street makes his big pitch to The Waitress at Conan’s Pizza.

Miscellaneous notes

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that FNL could be shuffled off to one of NBC’s cable networks — like Bravo or USA — instead of shuffled off to oblivion. Huzzah! And there are a number of moves afoot to save the show; check them out here.